One mole of an ideal monatomic gas is confined to a rigid container. When heat is added reversibly to the gas, its temperature changes from T1 to T2. (a) How much heat is added? (b) What is the change in entropy of the gas?

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One mole of an ideal monatomic gas is confined to a rigid container. When heat is added reversibly to the gas, its temperature changes from T1 to T2. (a) How much heat is added? (b) What is the change in entropy of the gas?

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